Anna Steiger plays Nellie Melba on BBC

Anna Steiger plays Nellie Melba on BBC

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norman lebrecht

June 16, 2020

The soprano Anna Steiger is about to recreate the first worldwide radio broadcast on its centenary.

Dame Nellie Melba used Guglielmo Marconi’s device from a disused packing shed in Chelmsford, Essex, on 15 June 1920.

BBC Essex broadcast a Marconi Special on Monday from 18:00 to 22:00 BST, including a live link-up with Chelmsford Civic Theatre where Anna Steiger recreated the historic performance at 19:10 BST

 

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